Initiating software process improvement in very small enterprises

Authors:
Naji Habra;Simon Alexandre;Jean-Marc Desharnais;Claude Y. Laporte;Alain Renault
Affiliations:
PReCISE Research Center, University of Namur, Belgium;CETIC (Centre d'Excellence en Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication), Belgium;Ecole de technologie supérieure, Montréal-Quebéc, Canada;Ecole de technologie supérieure, Montréal-Quebéc, Canada;Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Venue:
Information and Software Technology
Year:
2008

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Abstract

The paper concerns software process improvement in Very Small Enterprises (VSEs). It presents briefly a gradual methodology to initiate software process improvement in VSE through three steps approach and develops the first and most original step. This first step is based on a light evaluation achieved by means of a dedicated Micro-Evaluation approach. It has been experimented during 7 years in 86 organizations from three countries. The experience with that utilization tends to show that such a light approach is practicable and promising, at least for the targeted enterprises.